A New Universal Biography, Containing Interesting Accounts, Bind 2Sherwood, Jones, and Company, 1825 |
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... possessed all the power of the state . It would be tedious to enumerate the various cruelties which these insidious advisers obliged the feeble emperor to commit ; those against his own family will suffice . Appius Silanus , a person of ...
... possessed all the power of the state . It would be tedious to enumerate the various cruelties which these insidious advisers obliged the feeble emperor to commit ; those against his own family will suffice . Appius Silanus , a person of ...
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... possessing power sufficient to do it openly , ordered him to be put in irons , as if he was re- served for a more exquisite punishment . Otho afterwards sent for him to the capital ; when Celsus pleaded his fidelity to Galba as a pledge ...
... possessing power sufficient to do it openly , ordered him to be put in irons , as if he was re- served for a more exquisite punishment . Otho afterwards sent for him to the capital ; when Celsus pleaded his fidelity to Galba as a pledge ...
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... possessed himself of the highest offices of the state ; and by his lavishing presents , became a favourite with the soldiers . He was pro- claimed in Germany , by his army , at the same time that Otho was invested with the purple ...
... possessed himself of the highest offices of the state ; and by his lavishing presents , became a favourite with the soldiers . He was pro- claimed in Germany , by his army , at the same time that Otho was invested with the purple ...
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... possessed all those rare qualities which dignified her mind . Fannia seems to have felt no less affection for her husband , Helvidius , than Arria did for the man whom she inspired with a contempt of life ; twice was he banished , for ...
... possessed all those rare qualities which dignified her mind . Fannia seems to have felt no less affection for her husband , Helvidius , than Arria did for the man whom she inspired with a contempt of life ; twice was he banished , for ...
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... possessing a majestic stature , manly fea- tures , and dignified aspect . Upon the death of Nerva in the following year , Trajan succeeded , without opposition , to the imperial throne . He was at this time at Cologne , and remain- ed ...
... possessing a majestic stature , manly fea- tures , and dignified aspect . Upon the death of Nerva in the following year , Trajan succeeded , without opposition , to the imperial throne . He was at this time at Cologne , and remain- ed ...
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Side 60 - And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with : but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
Side 336 - Attila, the son of Mundzuk, deduced his noble, perhaps his regal, descent* from the ancient Huns, who had formerly contended with the monarchs of China. His features, according to the observation of a Gothic historian, bore the stamp of his national origin; and the portrait of Attila exhibits the genuine deformity of a modern Calmuck ;* a large head, a swarthy complexion, small deep-seated eyes, a flat nose, a few hairs in the place of a beard, broad shoulders, and a short square body, of nervous...
Side 138 - Cicero, formed his taste, enlarged his understanding, and gave him the noblest ideas of man and government. The exercises of the body succeeded to those of the mind; and Alexander, who was tall, active, and robust, surpassed most of his equals in the gymnastic arts.
Side 404 - When they had solemnly engaged to do all this, Mohammed sent one of his disciples, named Masab Ebn Omair, home with them, to instruct them more fully in the grounds and ceremonies of his new religion. Masab, being arrived at Medina, by the assistance of those who had been formerly converted, gained several proselytes, particularly...
Side 398 - I know no man in all Arabia who can offer his kindred a more excellent thing than I now do you; I offer you happiness both in this life, and in that which is to come: God Almighty hath commanded me to call you unto him; who, therefore, among you will be assisting to me herein, and become my brother, and my vicegerent?
Side 60 - And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying ; All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them ; Be not afraid ; go, tell my brethren, that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
Side 171 - He laid down two principles, the one good, the other evil ; between these he imagined an intermediate kind of Deity, of a mixed nature, who was the Creator of this inferior world, and the god and legislator of the Jewish nation : the other nations, who worshipped a variety of gods, were supposed to be under the empire of the evil principle.
Side 397 - After he began by this advantageous match to live at his ease, it was, that he formed the scheme of establishing a new religion, or, as he expressed it, of replanting the only true and ancient one, professed by Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and all the prophets...
Side 253 - ... reserved for his rival and colleague, Maximus, the first, among the Christian princes, who shed the blood of his Christian subjects on account of their religious opinions.
Side 400 - ... sayings, as his followers have since done ; and seeing he all along disclaimed any power of performing miracles, it seems rather to have been a fetch of policy to raise his reputation, by pretending to have actually conversed with GOD in heaven, as Moses had heretofore done in the mount, and to have received several institutions immediately from him, whereas before he contented himself with persuading them that he had all by the ministry of Gabriel.